More Subway Art

I have some more subway art!! Enjoy.

YO YO Tutorial

Time to make your yo yo's!!! Gather any material you want. The more the merrier. Try to find both pattern and solid material. I take the lid of a 16 oz yogurt container. Place it on the material and start tracing with a marker around the lid. I would use a light color marker on light material, and then when you hem the yo yo, you will not see the marker.

Depending on the size of lid or circle will obviously determine the size of the yo yo. The flower pattern is the size of all my yo-yo's in the projects already posted and that is using the lid described above.

When cutting out the circles, they do not have to be perfect. Mine are a little rough as I usually double up material to make the cutting go faster.

Thread your needle with regular sewing thread. Tie a knot on one end and take your circle, pattern side not facing you and bend down a little of the material to begin the hem around the whole circle.

Continue the hem around the whole circle. Pulling the string tighter and gathering the material as you go.

When you have gone around the circle, pull your thread tight and then put it through the center of the yo yo and pull it out the other end.

Tie a knot on the flat side of the yo yo and you are done with the first one.

You need many Yo Yo's to complete a project. Don't get discouraged doing them. I usually will cut material and then when watching a movie or TV, sit and sew the yo yo's.

Yo Yo Table Runner

With the hundreds of Yo Yo's I made, one of the projects was a table runner. I don't put it out much because of three kids under 5. I'm sure as they get older I will have it out more regularly.

My favorite thing about this is the material. I used my Mom's scraps. The material is 30 years old mixed with some more modern stuff.

Next week I will plan on giving a tutorial on making yo-yo's. Not sure if anyone is interested, but I thought I would post it anyway!

Lemon Love Notes

Lemon Love-Notes, I love how this sounds. My husband grew up with these, aka lemon bars. This phrase encompasses two things I enjoy. Lemon bars and love notes!! This week I had a disastrous experience making lemon bars (so if any of you have a great recipe send it my way). But I will always enjoy love notes. It doesn't even need to be a love note, I love notes, letters or cards. You name it, if it is sent to me in the mail or dropped of on my door and addressed to me, I get excited!! One of my favorite love note stories come from Richard G. Scott. He tells of when he took 100 little paper punch circle and on one side numbered them 1-100 and on the other side wrote his wife a message with a word on each circle. He gathered them up and put them in an envelope and gave them to her. How sweet. The time and effort it took for him to do this is wonderful. He later found the note glued in her journal. That being said, I will be posting some ideas for note cards. Valentines is coming soon and why not send some great letters, cards or notes to friends and dear ones.

Instructions: Take any type of material. I like felt, it is thicker material. Cut out your design. Next take your note card or any type of paper and place the material on the card. You could glue it first if you wanted so it will not move. I have never done that. I set my stitch to zig zag and start sewing the material onto the card. Sewing paper will dull your needle. You may want to have a separate or older sewing needle for this. Happy note sending!!

Subway Art

I love these fun sayings. I created these a couple of years ago and haven't done much with them. Why not share. I ask if you use them, please do not sell them, they took a lot of time to make. I am still working on the best way to use this blog. These were originally word docs and I have changed them so that blogger will upload them. If you want the actual document leave your email. It would be great if you also subscribed to my blog!! Even better I have a bunch more that I will post! Keep checking back to get them all!

Yo Yo Wreath

Years ago as a teenager, my sister and I started making yo yo's. Goal: to make a quilt. Well this never happened for me, my sister finished and the quilt is beautiful. I had all these left over yo yo's. So first craft post: what I used my Yo Yo's for.

I love wreaths, and I love this yo yo wreath. I can use it any time of the year! (I am just starting this blog, so if you are interested in getting instructions, I am more then happy to. Until requested, I am just going to post the craft idea).

And it Begins

I have gone back and forth for years on if I should blog about the crafts and projects I do. I decided that it is time to start. I am no writer. I enjoy creating and making things for my kids and home. As of today, my goal is to post once a week with a craft that I have done. I find that making things is what helps define me. So here goes!